Albion’s Dallas Ecker placed second in both the 50 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly and Finn McCue took third in the 100 Free and fourth in the 50 Free at the Section VI Class C swim championships on Saturday at Clarence.

Ecker and McCue also teamed up with Mason Giattino and Justin Kania to place second in the 200 Freestyle Relay.

Akron’s Aiden Polkowski was a double winner in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke as was Newfane’s Elijah Thompson in the 50 Free and 100 Backstroke.

Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Payton Grabowski

Lyndonville High senior Payton Grabowski captured the Division 2 172 lb. title at the Section V state qualifier wrestling tournament held today at SUNY Brockport.

Grabowski edged Alan Anthony of North Rose-Wolcott 7-6 in his championship bout to earn a berth in the upcoming state championship meet in Albany. He opened the competition with a second period pin and then posted a 12-0 major decision win in the quarterfinals and registered a second period fall in the semifinals.

Lyndonville’s Sebastian Temich placed second at 152 and has also qualified for the state championships. He scored a first period pin and a pair of decision wins to advance to the finals where he was pinned in 3:03 by Beau Zeh from Canisteo-Greenwood.

Holley-Kendall had Bruce Rasmusson place sixth at 118.

Medina has also advanced a wrestler to the state championships as Dominick Callara placed second at 110 at the Section VI Division 2 state qualifier at Lake Shore. He scored a second period pin and a decision win to advance to the finals where he dropped a narrow 5-3 decision to Kenji Walter from Southwestern.

The Mustangs also had Reece Senske place fourth at 102, Sawyer Kingsbury fifth at 215 and Brody Fry sixth at 189.

Roy-Hart/Barker had Quinn Brown place third at 152, Lucas Kimber 5th at 102 and Luke Fay sixth at 126.

The Niagara-Orleans League did have a trio of champions in Newfane’s Jakob Lucinski at 102 and Aidan Gillings at 132 and Wilson’s Jacob Stephenson at 160.

Photos by Cheryl Wertmsn – Lyndonville’s Haley Shaffer battles with Medina’s Tatyana Baity for a rebound during the host Lady Tigers win over the Mustangs this afternoon.

Celebrating Senior Day in style, Lyndonville rolled to a 73-44 win over visiting Medina in a non league game this afternoon.

Addison Dillenbeck scored 20 and Ashlee Stephens 19 to lead the way for Lyndonville as Haley Shaffer netted 11, Lorelei Dillenbek 9, Peyton Silversmith, Isabella Groves and Annabelle Follman 4 each and Shelby Boring 2.

Rylee VanNostrand led Medina with a game high 30 as Stella Poler added 8, Tatyana Baity 4 and Honesty Hill 2.

Lyndonville jumped out to a 21-7 first quarter lead as Stephens scored 7, Shaffer 6 and Addison Dillenbeck 4.

The Lady Tigers advantage soared to 22, 36-14, at the half and to 33, 57-24, after three quarters. Addison Dillenbeck scored 9 and Stephens 6 in the second period. Stephens added 6, Shaffer 5 and Addison Dillenbeck and Groves 4 each in the third quarter.

Lyndonville is now 13-6 and Medina 6-11.

Lyndonville’s Annabelle Follman puts up a shot against Medina defender Tatyana Baity.

Medina’s Honesty Hill drives to the basket past Lyndonville’s Peyton Silversmith.

Building up a commanding 41-18 half-time advantage, Roy-Hart went on to down Starpoint 55-52 in a non league boys basketball game at Niagara County Community College today.

Jamel Johnson Jr. scored 23, Rem Albee 12 and Jayden Swygert and Justin Terwilliger 8 each to spark Roy-Hart which improves to 12-7.

Cohen Vogel scored 13 and Josh Beaver 10 to lead the Spartans.

Johnson Jr. scored 8 and Terwilliger 5 in the opening period to help spark Roy-Hart out to a 21-6 lead.

Johnson Jr. then tallied 10 and Albee 7 in the second quarter as the Rams boosted their advantage to 23, 41-18, at the half.

Up 18-12 at the half and 26-18 after three quarters, Holley went on to down visiting rival Kendall 40-23 this evening in a Genesee Region League game.

Sam Bates scored 16, Alivia Wolf 13 and Zoey Wolf 6 to lead Holley.

Alea Barrett and Taigan Guerrero both had 6 for Kendall

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Perry 66, Lyndonville 39
Perry defeted visiting Lyndonville 66-39 in a non league contest.

Bryce Tallman, Devin Szwaczkowski and Matthew Givens each scored 14 and Caron Petrie 13 for Perry which led 34-19 at the half and 50-30 at the three-quarter mark.

Mason Nicholson scored 17, Trenton Muck 11 and Ian Mank 10 for Lyndonville.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Roy-Hart’s Jamel Johnson Jr. puts up a shot over Medina defenders Cayden Lilleby (2), Jerrell Nealy (35) and Justin Pitts (10) during the Rams win over the host Mustangs this evening.

Moving on top to stay with a key scoring burst to close the first half, Roy-Hart went on to down host Medina 67-52 in a Niagara-Orleans League game this evening.

Trailing 17-14, Roy-Hart closed the first half with a 12-2 run to regain the lead for good by 29-19 margin at the half. Two threes by Jackson Webber highlighted that uprising which also included two baskets by Dan Aquilina and one by Jamel Johnson Jr.

The Rams extended the lead to 17, 50-33, at the three-quarter mark as Aquilina tallied 9 and Johnson Jr. 6 in the third period.

Johnson finished with 18 and Aquilina 13 to lead a parade of 10 Roy-Hart point getters. Rem Albee added 9, Webber 6, Justin Terwilliger 5, Nate Beyer and Tyler Burrows 4, Kris Myers and Thomas Russo III 3 and Andrew Waters 2.

Aiden Pitts took game high honors with 24 for Medina as Cayden Lilleby had 11, Cole Callard 7, Jerrell Nealy and Jason Beyer 4 and Jack Cecchini 2.

Roy-Hart is now 7-4 and Medina 1-9 in N-O action.

Roy-Hart’s Rem Albee puts up a shot ahead of Medina’s Jack Cecchini.

Newfane 63, Albion 59
Undefeated front-running Newfane nipped runner-up Albion 63-59 this evening at Albion to lock up outright possession of the N-O championship.

Evan Myers scored 20, Ben Dickinson 19 and Nate Snow 15 to lead the way for Newfane which improves to 10-0 in N-O competition.

Aquil Gaffney tallied 17, Blake Preston 13 and Javon Jones 12 for Albion which is now 7-4.

The Panthers held leads of 17-10 after the first quarter, 22-25 at the half and 53-47 at the three-quarter mark.

The Purple Eagles did close to within two late at 61-59 after a layup by John Eibl but Myers answered with two clutch free throws to lock up the win for the Panthers. Myers had 8 in the final period while Snow netted 9 in the first and Dickinson 10 in the third.

Gaffney scored 11 and Preston 7 in the third period to keep Albion close.

The Purple Eagles next host Byron-Bergen in a non league game Monday.

Akron 62, Wilson 45
Drew Romesser scored 24 and Blake Gerstung 18 on six threes to lead Akron to a 62-45 win over visiting Wilson.

Matt Fox scored 14 and Charles Clemente 8 for Wilson which trailed 33-20 at the half.

Akron is now 5-5 and Wilson 3-7.

Medina’s Aiden Pitts tries for a layup over Roy-Hart’s Jackson Webber and Rem Albee.

Building up a commanding 46-27 half-time advantage, Kendall went on to defeat rival Holley 78-46 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Jacek Kwiatkowski scored 27, including seven threes, Devin Edick 20 and Louie Conte 17 to spark Kendall.

Destin Kuyal led Holley with 24.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Medina’s Rylee VanNostrand puts up a shot over Roy-Hart defenders Kaitlin Mettler (33) and Juliana Buscarino (1) during the Mustangs win over the host Lady Rams this evening.

Turning back a late comeback bid, Medina edged past host Roy-Hart 49-45 in a Niagara-Orleans League girls basketball game this evening.

Medina led by 15, 46-31, early in the final period after tallies by Tatyana Baity, Rylee VanNostrand and Stella Poler.

However, Roy-Hart got right back into the game by battling back with a key 10-0 run on two baskets each by Juliana Buscarino and Lila Brigham and one by Alexis Cacciatore to slice the Medina lead to five, 46-41, with 48 seconds to go.

Medina interrupted that run with a what proved to be the game winning basket by VanNostrand for a 48-41 Mustangs lead.

Roy-Hart answered back with baskets by Buscarino and Kaitlin Mettler to cut the deficit to three, 48-45, but the Lady Rams could get no closer as a free throw by Baity gave Medina a four point, 49-45, lead in the final 10 seconds.

VanNostrand finished with a game high 27 for Medina as Baity and Honesty Hill each had 6, Nevaeh Moss 5, Poler 3 and Dani Williams 2.

Mettler scored 15 and Buscarino 10 to lead Roy-Hart as Makenna Elsenheimer and Brigham both added 6, Alexis Cacciatore 5, Juliana Terwilliger 2 and Madison DiNeri 1.

Medina built up leads of 15-4 after the first quarter and 26-17 at the half as VanNostrand scored 16 in the half.

The Mustangs maintained a 15 point, 42-27, advantage at the three-quarter mark as VanNostrand tallied 7 and Baity 4 in the third period.

That set the stage for a hectic final period as Roy-Hart outpointed Medina 18-7 but saw the comeback bid fell just short.

Medina is now 4-6 and Roy-Hart 2-9 in N-O action.

Newfane 40, Albion 35
Trailing 29-24 after three quarters, Newfane rallied with a big 16-6 fourth period scoring surge to down visiting Albion 40-35.

Sienna Bowers scored 12 and Anna Chunco 11 to lead the way for Newfane which is now 5-5 in N-O action.

Madison Hughson scored 11 and Skoi Sanders Smith 6 for Albion which is now 5-6.

Wilson 51, Akron 35
Defending champion Wilson clinched at least a tie for the N-O title by downing runner-up Akron 51-35.

Wilson is now 10-0 and Akron 8-2 with two games remaining.

Roy-Hart’s Kaitlin Mettler puts up a shot as Honest Hill (15) and Tatyana Baity (13) defend for Medina.

Kendall celebrated Senior Night in style with an exciting 41-36 victory over Attica in a Genesee Region League girls basketball game Wednesday evening.

Stella Kwiatek hit a big three with two minutes to go to put Kendall up by four and Taigan Guerrero tacked on big free throws to lock up the win for the Lady Eagles.

Guerrero finished with a double double of 11 points and 10 rebounds as did Danielle Offhaus with 10 points and 16 rebounds. Brooke Rodas added 9 points and 4 rebounds and Ava LaMay 6 points and 9 rebounds.

Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Lyndonville’s Ashlee Stephens puts up a shot against Notre Dame defenders Avelin Tomidy (2) and Maggie Monachino (33) during the Lady Tigers home court loss to the Irish this evening.

Improving to 16-1, Notre Dame downed host Lyndonville 65-39 in a Genesee Region League game this evening.

Amelia McCulley scored a game high 28 points, including 8 threes, Avelin Tomidy 19 and Emma Sisson 10 to lead the way for the Irish.

Lorelei Dillenbeck scored 11, Addison Dillenbeck and Ashlee Stephens 8, Haley Shaffer 6, Shelby Boring 4 and Isabella Groves 2 for the Lady Tigers.

Notre Dame built up leads of 18-4 after the first period, 35-13 at the half and 53-27 after three quarters.

McCulley scored 8 in the first, including two threes, 11 in the second, including three threes, and 9 in the third on three threes. Tomidy tallied 6 in both the second and third periods.

Lyndonville, which next hosts Medina at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, is now 12-6.

Pembroke 41, Holley 35
Pembroke took leads of 24-14 at the half and 38-19 at the three-quarter mark in route to posting a 41-35 G-R win over Holley.

Sam Bates took game high scoring honors for Holley with 25 and Ella Peterson led Pembroke with 18.

Notre Dame’s Amelia McCulley goes up for a rebound against Lyndonville’s Shelby Boring (11) and Ashlee Stephens (24).